SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS NOTES:
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: The Giants open their 66th season in San Francisco and 141st in franchise history back in the city where it all began as they face off against the New York Yankees today on Opening Day…these are the first meetings between the Giants and Yankees since 2019 when the Yankees swept the Giants in a three-game series at Oracle Park…the last time SF played here in The Bronx was 2016 when they went 1-2.
ANY TORRISI RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE?: Today’s game is the first in a stretch of nine straight day games for SF to open the season (all three games here in NYC, all three games in Chicago against the White Sox and the first three games of the club’s first homestand vs. Kansas City)…according to Elias, this is the first time in at least the last 30 years (as far back as their reliable data goes) that the Giants have opened up a season with nine straight day games…the last MLB team to do so were the 2019 White Sox, who opened the year with 11 straight day games.
BACK IN THE NEW YORK GROOVE: The Giants are opening a Major League season in New York City for the first time since they were actually the New York Giants and opened up the 1956 season vs. Pittsburgh on April 17, 1956 at the Polo Grounds V…the Giants won that day, 4-3, with Johnny Antonelli picking up the win on the mound while also hitting a homer at the plate.
TIME IS A CIRCLE: This opening series marks the first time that the Giants have opened a season in the Eastern Time Zone since opening against the Florida Marlins in 2000.
NEW LEAGUE, WHO DIS?: Oddly enough with this year’s new balanced schedule, the Giants are opening the year with nine straight games against American League opponents (the Yankees and White Sox on this road trip and then the Royals to open the home slate)…SF doesn’t play a National League opponent until they meet the Dodgers at Oracle Park April 10-12.
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN: IF Brandon Crawford is expected to start this afternoon’s opener against New York, marking the 12th Opening Day start of his career, giving him sole possession of fourth-most all-time in the SF-era (see below)…the 12 consecutive Opening Day starts by Crawford dating to 2012 will tie Barry Bonds for the second-longest streak in SF Giants history (1958-pres)…the only one with a longer consecutive Opening Day-start streak was OF Willie Mays, who started 15 consecutive openers from 1958-72
POP THE TOP: The Giants are 76-63-1 (.543) all-time on Opening Day as a franchise and 38-27 (.585) since 1958…the Giants .543 winning percentage on Opening Day is seventh-best overall and fourth-best since 1958
LOGAN WEBB RHP #62
WITH THE GIANTS: Embarks on his fifth season with SF…is on his fourth career Opening Day roster (also 2020-2022) and is making his second career Opening Day start (also last season).
COME ON IN, WE’RE OPEN: As stated above, Webb is making his second consecutive Opening Day start after starting last year’s opener on April 8 vs. Miami, a game SF won 6-5 in 10 innings…Webb is the first Giants pitcher to get consecutive Opening Day starts since LHP Madison Bumgarner started four consecutive season lid lifters from 2014-2017…the last Giants righty to get consecutive Opening Day starts was Tim Lincecum, who started four straight from 2009-2012.
2023 SPRING TRAINING: Webb went 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA (9er, 18.0ip) in five official Spring Training starts…his most recent came on Saturday vs. Seattle at Scottsdale Stadium where he twirled 5.0 innings and allowed one run on eight hits while striking out six and walking three…over his final two spring starts, Webb struck out 12 batters in 9.1 innings.
2022 SEASON: Wrapped up his fourth Major League season and continued to build his resumé as one of the top starters in the Majors…Webb set career bests in wins (15), ERA (2.90), innings pitched (192.1) and strikeouts (163) as he officially went 15-9 with a 2.90 ERA in a career-best 32 starts…Webb’s 2.90 ERA and 192.1 innings pitched were seventh-best in the National League.
VS. NEW YORK-AL: Has never faced the Yankees in his Major League career
LOGAN’S WEBB: Over the last two seasons as Webb has come into his own, the Giants as a team are 39-19 (.672) in games that he has started…the Giants .672 winning percentage in his starts during the regular season over the last two years is third best in the Majors (min. 45gs) behind the Dodgers when Julio Urías starts (47-16, .746) and when Max Scherzer has started for his clubs (36-17, .679)(Stats, LLC)…Webb himself in those 58 starts is 26-12 with a 2.97 ERA and 320 strikeouts in 339.2 innings with a 1.14 WHIP.
WHAT IS A DINGER?: Webb’s 0.51 homers/9.0ip ratio in 2022 was fourth-best in the Majors behind Jose Quintana (0.43), HOU’s Framber Valdez (0.49) and TEX’s Martín Pérez (0.50)… the righty allowed just 11 homers in 192.1 innings last year for SF.
NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
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